Category: Liberty

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This is one of the best explanations of the miracle of liberty.

A free economy is at risk
when a demand for equality
is not answered
by a defense of liberty.

You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children’s children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done.

This brief volume address most of the socialists complaints and criticisms of Classical Liberalism, such as “Pragmatism aside,can there be a morally defensible justification for private property rights?” It is an indispensable aid to those seeking to understand socialism and individual liberty.

A full pdf copy can be downloaded at the above link.

If men were like ants, uniform and interchangeable, who would care if they died. The glory of the human race is the uniqueness of each individual. Because men are unique, they need freedom to develop their own personality and abilities. Centrally planned societies stifle individuality trying to force the masses into a uniform subservient mold. Freedom is a necessary condition for the development of the individual. But society must also be developed.

How to limit and channel liberty without destroying freedom and its benefits is the challenge of our time.

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